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<head>
<title>anon text interrupted by a block</title>
<style>
p { display: inline; border:  thin solid blue; }
span { display: block }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>
this is anonymous text before the span.  <span>This is the content of SPAN.</span>  this is anonymous text after the span.
</p>
</body>
</html>